Vines

Vines

Colby Adams, Barton Springs Nursery

Note: plants listed as deer resistant still may get nibbled. Protect new plants.

Sun

Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens)

Native

Bloom: early spring, fragrant

Evergreen

Deer resistant

Crossvine  native (Bignonia capreolata) and ‘Tangerine Beauty’

Bloom: spring, sporadic through summer, sometimes again in fall

Evergreen, perhaps briefly deciduous as new flowers emerge

Deer resistant

Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)

Native

Bloom: spring through summer

Evergreen

Deer resistant

Incense passion vine

Also native species

Bloom: summer through fall, fragrant; leaves larval food for Gulf fritillary butterfly

Deciduous, aggressive

Deer resistant

Pandora vine (Pandorea jasminoides)

Bloom:spring, fragrant

Deciduous in winter; can freeze if not protected below 20 temperatures

Deer resistant

Orchid vine (Bauhinia corymbosa): also to part shade

Bloom:  spring, fragrant

Deciduous

Suitable for container

Annual sun: morning glories

Deer resistant

Shade

Clematis armandii

Bloom: spring, highly fragrant

Evergreen, aggressive

Deer resistant